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Bringing AI into the mechanical engineering curriculum at Cornell
the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is building a curriculum that ensures its mechanical and aerospace engineers graduate fluent in the tools and mindsets that will guide the next era of the discipline.
News
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![Vincent Chiccone leads a small tour around Upson Hall's redesigned Autodesk Design Make Space.]()
A new era begins in Upson Hall: Autodesk Design and Make Space takes shape
Big changes are underway in Upson Hall as the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering embarks on a major transformation of its machine shop into the cutting-edge Autodesk Design and Make Space – an ambitious reimagining made possible through a $4.3 million gift from Autodesk, one of the world’s leading software companies.
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![Sava Iliev ’28, engineering physics major and suspension subteam member for the 2025-26 Baja Racing team, drives the car the team built last year at their practice track this fall. This year’s team is testing new ideas and adjustments using the old car before they build the car they will take to competition this season.]()
Students’ Baja Racing team roars to series of victories
To build a winning off-road car, the student-led Baja Racing team built on the legacy and lessons of those who came before them.
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![Doctoral student Joshua Umansky-Castro and Verena Padres ’26 work on components for the Sailing to the Stars project, which will be tested aboard the International Space Station.]()
Student-designed technology bound for space station
A pair of student-led projects that feature small, low-cost satellites and light sails are headed to the International Space Station for testing.
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‘Embodied energy’ powers modular worm, jellyfish robots
In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent Cornell research in battery development and design.
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![A Cornell-led team built a 10 centimeter by 10 centimeter prototype device that produces carbon-free “green” hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater, with an important byproduct: potable water.]()
Sunlight and seawater lead to low-cost green hydrogen, clean water
Researchers developed a low-cost method to produce carbon-free “green” hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater, with a helpful byproduct: potable water.
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Nanoscale tweaks help alloy withstand high-speed impacts
A Cornell-led collaboration devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts: introducing nanometer-scale speed bumps that suppress a fundamental transition that controls how metallic materials deform.
New Faculty Profiles
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Exploring the Interplay of Math and Machines: Jake Welde
Jake Welde has joined Cornell Engineering’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as an assistant professor, bringing with him a fascination for both the abstract mathematics that make robotics possible and the physical machines that bring those ideas to life.
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A Drive to Connect Complex Physics with Data-Driven Modeling: Jian-Xun Wang
Jian-Xun Wang has joined the faculty of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as an associate professor. Wang was previously a tenured associate professor at the University of Notre Dame and his work focuses on scientific machine learning, AI-integrated physics modeling, and computational fluid dynamics.
Awards and Honors
Sibley School students and faculty have been honored for academic success, teaching and advising prowess, research excellence, community-building, and career contributions.
